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I’m going to Diner School

Well sort of. It’s more like a self-imposed, self-led education. You see, I love food. I know, who doesn’t? I mean, if you saw me, you would say “That dude loves his food”. I’m fairly adventurous with my food and my cooking. My favourite kind of food is just good home-style cooking, especially breakfast, like the kind you might get in a logging camp, with baked beans, crisp bacon, home fries, eggs any way, thickly sliced toast, pancakes with syrup and a great coffee. Yup, I love my food.

I’m in my 40s now and I don’t think it’s ever too late to learn something new, or even take a new path in life. My love of food has had me thinking that I might like to own my own diner someday. I don’t have any culinary training. I just know what I like. So I’ve decided that I want to learn to cook new recipes or perfect the ones I already know. I want to push myself to try new techniques and flavour combinations. If I want to open a diner, well I had better know how to make good food and make it right, every time.

I’ve decided to really pay special attention to recipes that could work well in my fantasy diner. I’m going to document my own cooking learning path, and I’ll share my creations with friends, family and co-workers, and see what they think. And I’ll share them here with you too, using pictures and words, and the recipes I’m using.

I hope you’ll even try some of my food ideas and maybe someday, I will open that diner and people will come in and love and appreciate my food as much as I do.